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National Network of Women’s Refuges & Support Services Irl.
$248,149
Resource type: Grantee
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Senate looks into expanding AmeriCorps
Source: Associated Press
Original Source By ANN SANNER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate agreed Monday to take up legislation to triple the size of theAmeriCorps program and open up opportunities for more people to serve their communities. Lawmakers voted 74-14 to move to the legislation that would expand AmeriCorps…
Resource type: News
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NCLR Annual Conference in San Diego to Feature Prominent Speakers and Current Newsmakers
Source: National Council of La Raza
On July 15, 2008, Gara LaMarche, President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Atlantic Philanthropies received the Raul Yzaguirre President's Award from the National Council of La Raza. Below is the press release. NCLR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO TO FEATURE PROMINENT SPEAKERS AND CURRENT…
Resource type: News
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How we can create free health care for all
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy and Government: Striking the Right Balance
Source: Gara LaMarche
Now that both major parties in the U.S. have presumptive nominees for the Presidency, it seems like a good time to share some thoughts on the relationships between philanthropy and government – relationships that Atlantic has considerable experience with in each of the countries in…
Resource type: News
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NIYLP: Changing Young Lives in Big Ways
Source: Gallup Journey Magazine
Original Source by H. Haveman The National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP) is an American Indian-owned and -operated, nonprofit organization that has been working with at-risk youth for over twenty-five years. Though working out of Gallup for the majority of that time, NIYLP's programs have…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Mourns the Loss of Public Health Pioneer and Pediatrician Fitzhugh Mullan
Source: Newswise
“We mourn the loss of Fitzhugh Mullan. He was a force for social justice and health equity who touched the lives of countless people. Fitz’s inspiring legacy lives on in the people, programs and policies he nurtured to help bring about fairer, healthier societies.” -…
Resource type: News
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AoA Expands Volunteer Opportunities for Older Americans
Source: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging (Release)
The National Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging issued the following news release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging Edwin L. Walker today announced that 19 awards have been made…
Resource type: News
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New Center Helps States, Others Implement, Expand, Improve Participant-Directed Long-Term Care Programs
Source: Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
BOSTON, MA (April 6, 2009) The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work today launched a new technical assistance center that offers states the tools they need to implement a wide variety of participant-directed long-term care programs. The National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services is…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic’s Culminating Grants: Cultivating Change
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
In his latest instalment in a series chronicling Atlantic’s limited life, Tony Proscio at the Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society conjures the image of a harvest to describe our work in Atlantic’s final years. The metaphor is apt. We want to…
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